Test Scripting Contracts in Bristol

Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bristol requiring Test Scripting skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Test Scripting over the 6 months leading up to 3 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 79 83
Rank change year-on-year +17 +4 +17
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 5 4 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 0.79% 0.36% 0.086%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.87% 0.44% 0.098%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 1
10th Percentile - £321 -
25th Percentile £319 £341 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £338 £400 £525
Median % change year-on-year -15.63% -23.81% +27.27%
75th Percentile £406 £469 £538
90th Percentile £436 £495 -
South West median daily rate £538 £538 £488
% change year-on-year - +10.26% +13.37%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bristol

Test Scripting falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 578 909 1,022
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 91.60% 80.87% 88.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 299 498 691
10th Percentile £235 £260 £313
25th Percentile £362 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -10.60% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £565 £600 £638
90th Percentile £645 £688 £719
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 211 181
10th Percentile £18.17 £40.00 -
25th Percentile £18.87 £50.00 £9.80
Median hourly rate £44.65 £70.00 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year -36.21% +13.82% +36.06%
75th Percentile £68.00 £72.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £74.50 £77.50 £81.00
South West median hourly rate £28.10 £55.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -48.92% -8.33% +20.00%

Test Scripting
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Job postings citing Test Scripting as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Job vacancy trend for Test Scripting in Bristol

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Scripting in Bristol.

Daily rate trend for Test Scripting in Bristol

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Test Scripting in Bristol.

Hourly rate trend for Test Scripting in Bristol

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Git
1 2 (40.00%) JIRA
1 2 (40.00%) Subversion
General
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) FPGA Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Test Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Lead
2 1 (20.00%) Test Leader
2 1 (20.00%) UAT Lead
2 1 (20.00%) UAT Test Lead
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) FPGA
1 2 (40.00%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Linux
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) FPGA Design
1 2 (40.00%) Security Hardening
2 1 (20.00%) Agile
2 1 (20.00%) Coaching
2 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (20.00%) Problem Management
2 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) Regression Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Software Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (20.00%) TDD
2 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (20.00%) Test Management
2 1 (20.00%) Test Planning
2 1 (20.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (40.00%) Python
1 2 (40.00%) Tcl